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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Sungyong Seo, Seongnam-si, KR;
Yeong-Jae Woo, Suwon-si, KR;
MoonSang Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Sunmi Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/10 (2016.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0617 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0261 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01);
Abstract
Data storage is provided which includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks divided into a first region being an over provisioning region and a second region, and a storage controller allocating at least one memory block, corresponding to an unconcerned sector, from among memory blocks of the second region to the first region. It may be possible to adjust the number of reserved memory blocks in the over provisioning region.